Intruder gets 10 years for attempted sex assault

October 11, 2006

SCHAUMBURG — A Schaumburg man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault a woman at gunpoint last year while she slept next to her boyfriend.

Aurelio Irigoyen, 22, of 21 Kristin Drive, pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court in Rolling Meadows to home invasion and attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault. Judge John Scotillo told Irigoyen through an interpreter that he could be deported when paroled.

Irigoyen will have to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, authorities said.

A 25-year-old Schaumburg woman identified Irigoyen as the man who woke her Oct. 8 when he touched her, authorities said. Irigoyen pointed a gun at her head and told her to be quiet, authorities said.

The woman's boyfriend woke up and a shirtless Irigoyen fled to his apartment in the same complex. With the intent of burglarizing an apartment, Irigoyen had walked around checking for open doors, authorities said.. A bloodhound and surveillance cameras helped track him down, authorities said. An air pistol used in the crime was recovered, authorities said.